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ACTA MYTHOLOGICA APOSTOLORUM IN ARABIC
TRANSCRIBED FROM AN ARABIC MS IN THE CONVENT OF DEYR-ES-SURIANI, EGYPT, AND FROM MSS IN THE CONVENT OF ST CATHERINE, ON MOUNT SINAI |
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Agnes Smith Lewis (Editor) |
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110801898X |
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9781108018982 |
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CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
Pub. date: |
30 September, 2010 |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Biblical Studies |
Pages: |
256 |
Description: |
An Arabic text of the apocryphal acts of the apostles, including the martyrdom of St Paul, first published in 1904. |
Synopsis: |
The twin sisters Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) and Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) were pioneering biblical scholars who became experts in a number of ancient languages. Travelling widely in the Middle East, they made several significant discoveries, including one of the earliest manuscripts of the four gospels in Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, the language probably spoken by Jesus himself. Originally published in the Horae Semitica series, this fascicule contains the Arabic text of the apocryphal acts of the apostles. Originally published in 1904 by Agnes Lewis, the text chronicles the lives, adventures and deaths of important figures like Paul, Thaddeus and James, the brother of Jesus. This fascinating volume features extraordinary tales of peril and persecution - one town's sinful population places a naked prostitute at the town gate to deter the apostles, but the archangel Michael levitates her out of their way - and is of great historical and theological interest. |
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7 b/w illus. |
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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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